<p>I'm planning to apply to several Ivies, with solid grades (Mostly A's, some B's (Including one or two B-)) and outstanding (in my opinion) leadership/extra-curricular involvement. </p>
<p>My SAT score: 2300</p>
<p>Leadership Involvement: </p>
<p>Senior Vice President of a national youth organization; our organization represents 750,000 youths across the nation. </p>
<p>Student Council: Class President, Chairman of Charity Committee.</p>
<p>Director of Entertainment for a local organization</p>
<p>Co-founders and Managing Directors of two entertainment companies. </p>
<p>I've been accepted into exclusive school, and national leadership programs.</p>
<p>I have been selected to attend the National Conference on Service and Volunteerism.</p>
<p>I sit on an advisory panel for the College Board. </p>
<p>In total, including for profit and non-profit funds, I have raised over $50,000.00.</p>
<p>Are these good enough for IVY? Most of my involvement is outside of school, either state, or nationally recognized.</p>
<p>I can only speak to my D’s situation but most of the 8 schools(including 2 ivies) she was accepted to mentioned her ECs and her position within them as an important factor to acceptance.</p>
<p>As for your case, hard to tell with the way your described your EC titles(generic). Can you name these national organizations and perhaps give concrete examples of what your duties/activities include?</p>
<p>They’re excellent leadership positions, but like DowneasterDad said, you want to be more specific when listing them in your college applications. Also, they look for commitment. For example, being president of a committee for 4 or 5 years looks much better than being president of several committees for 1 year each.</p>
<p>cool positions, but the top schools like to see what you DID in those positions, not just having those positions. Like I was the president of a health committee of a popular youth group. Cool. But what I did got me into Duke- I talked about my passing a bill that would prevent mobile vendors near schools, since the food in it is very unhealthy- THAT’S what matters.</p>
<p>You can look up the common data set for most top schools, and there is a section on admissions wherein the school rates the importance of various admissions factors. Nearly always “extracurricular activities” are placed in the category of highest importance.</p>
<p>National Youth Association, SVP of Events and Programs: I’m responsible for starting up clinics for college admission aid, leadership development, academic mentorship, and also offer volunteer/community service and job employment opportunities for high school students.</p>
<p>UGIVE.ORG, Director of Entertainment: I was in charge of several committees, in which we hosted a 5K run to fight human-trafficking-raised $3k. </p>
<p>Class President, Chairman of Charity Committee: I’ve hosted charity lunch banquets, a large city-wide balloon fight for charity, 5K runs, a large winter festival, carnivals, etc. </p>
<p>Columbusteen, Illuminate High School: I’ve hosted 3 large high school concerts-In total, 1,200 people attended. </p>
<p>I’m a grant officer for my school’s educational non-profit organization. </p>
<p>I’ve attended an exclusive leadership program (15 students selected from a pool of 300), in which we met global and community business leaders to discuss the essence of leadership.</p>
<p>my parents have been trying to convince me to stop hosting more events for my leadership positions (they believe I’ve done enough and it’s time to focus 100% on academics). I disagree with them, because I believe it’s a continuous process and I’m suppose to meet my obligations as a leader of these organizations. Is there an actual time when one is doing too much? I’ve only hosted 5-6 large events for charity, I’m planning to host a lot more, do you think it’s time for me to stop, and focus more on schoolwork?</p>